Digital forensics is an essential aspect of cybersecurity, involving the recovery and investigation of material found in digital devices. With the increase in digital crimes, the importance of digital forensic tools has skyrocketed. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the most prominent open-source digital forensic tools and answer frequently asked questions in this field.
Essential Open Source Digital Forensic Tools
Wireshark
A network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Volatility
A memory forensics framework for incident response and malware analysis, which helps in the extraction of information from volatile memory (RAM).
The Sleuth Kit & Autopsy
The Sleuth Kit is a collection of command-line tools for forensic analysis. Autopsy is a graphical interface that uses The Sleuth Kit and other tools for efficient digital investigations.
Caine
A complete forensic environment that integrates several digital forensics tools. It’s user-friendly and comes with a graphical interface.